Common Sense
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Originally published in 1776, this pamphlet argues for American independence from British rule and challenges the legitimacy of monarchy and hereditary government. It suits readers interested in the American Revolution, political philosophy, and the founding ideas of the United States.
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine was an English-born American Founding Father, inventor, political philosopher, and statesman. His pamphlets Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783) framed the Patriot argument for independence from Great Britain at the outset of the American Revolution. Paine advanced Enlightenment-era arguments for human rights that shaped revolutionary discourse on both sides of the Atlantic.
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